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In Greek mythology, Nereus (/ ˈ n ɪər i ə s / NEER-ee-əs; Ancient Greek: Νηρεύς, romanized: Nēreús) was the eldest son of Pontus (the Sea) and Gaia , with Pontus himself being a son of Gaia. Nereus and Doris became the parents of 50 daughters (the Nereids) and a son , with whom Nereus lived in the Aegean Sea. [1]
The region of Pontus was originally part of the Persian satrapy of Cappadocia (Katpatuka). [14] The Persian dynasty which was to found this kingdom had, during the 4th century BC, ruled the Greek city of Cius (or Kios) in Mysia, with its first known member being Mithridates of Cius. [15] His son Ariobarzanes II became satrap of Phrygia.
Nereus and Achilleus in the Via Ardeatina (not to be confused with the church of the same name near the Baths of Caracalla to which the relics of the saints were translated in the 6th century), was erected above the burial site of Nereus and Achilleus and is of the latter part of the 4th century; it is a three-naved basilica, which was ...
In Greek mythology, Pontus (/ ˈ p ɒ n t ə s /; Ancient Greek: Πόντος, romanized: Póntos, lit. 'Sea') [ 1 ] was an ancient, pre-Olympian sea-god, one of the Greek primordial deities . Pontus was Gaia 's son and has no father; according to the Greek poet Hesiod , he was born without coupling, [ 2 ] though according to Hyginus , Pontus ...
In Greek mythology, Phorcys or Phorcus (/ ˈ f ɔːr s ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Φόρκυς) is a primordial sea god, generally cited (first in Hesiod) as the son of Pontus and Gaia (Earth). Classical scholar Karl Kerenyi conflated Phorcys with the similar sea gods Nereus and Proteus. [1]
The Last King is a historical novel by Michael Curtis Ford about the King and his exploits against the Roman Republic. Mithridates is a major character in Poul Anderson 's novel The Golden Slave. In the novel Mithridates is Dead (Spanish: Mitrídates ha muerto ), [ 64 ] Ignasi Ribó traces parallels between the historical figures of Mithridates ...
This is a list of monarchs of Pontus, an ancient Hellenistic kingdom of Persian origin in Asia Minor. Monarchs of Pontus [1] [2
In Greek mythology, Nerites (Greek: Νηρίτης, romanized: Nērítēs) was a minor sea deity, the son of "Old Man of the Sea" Nereus and the Oceanid Doris [1] and brother of the fifty Nereids (apparently their only male sibling). He was described as a young boy of stunning beauty.